George F. Baker - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2011
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Donors Praised for Fellowship Support

Student speaker Peter Michailidis (MBA ’11) also expressed gratitude for his fellowships, funded by David M. Hicks (MBA ’60) and George M. Humphrey. “I did not have the resources to fund my MBA, but I was passionate about business and the... View Details

15 Sep 2009
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Last Look - September 2009

We seem to have stumped most of you with this photo showing a group of students waiting in front of an office whose front counter is closed with a grille. But Joe Bower (MBA ’61, DBA ’63) pinpointed the location as the basement of Baker: “That group of students is... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2007
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Last Look

What’s Going on Here? Who, what, where, when, and why .we’d appreciate any information that will help us identify what’s going on in this photograph plucked from the archives of Baker Library. Please contact us at bulletin@hbs.edu, or HBS... View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard Business School About... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Faculty Books

True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development by Bill George and Doug Baker (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Incorporating recent research in psychology and sociology, View Details

Keywords: Professor Bill George; Professor Joseph L. Bower; Professor Herman B. Leonard; Professor Lynn S. Paine; Professor Howard Stevenson; Professor Noam Wasserman; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Feb 2014
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King of His Castle

APPLING George Appling (MBA 1998) has become king of his castle. The Texas native turned an "enduring passion" for Renaissance fairs into a successful business owning one. "What sets our fair apart is that we didn't build it to make money... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment

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Awards | Commencement 2025

Alumni Achievement Award Recipients Baker Scholars Students whose combined academic performance in both years puts them in the top 5% of their MBA class graduate with high distinction and are known as Baker... View Details

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Map & Directions | About

North Harvard Street and Western Avenue. Directions by Rapid Transit Coming by MBTA, take the Red Line to Harvard Square. John F. Kennedy Street runs through the center of Harvard Square. Walk south on John View Details

March 1997
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Incentives and Cooperation: The Joint Effects of Task and Reward Interdependence on Group Performance

By: George P. Baker and Ruth Wageman

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Cooperation; Groups and Teams; Performance

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spring 1991
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Lessons from a Middle-Market LBO: The Case of O.M. Scott

By: George P. Baker and Karen Wruck

Keywords: Learning; Leveraged Buyouts

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01 Dec 1999
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Ted Anthony

On May 20, 1970, a new Executive Education facility, George Pierce Baker Hall, was dedicated in honor of the School's fifth Dean. The event is one of the most memorable in my tenure as Bulletin editor... View Details

Keywords: Ted Anthony

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

18 Mar 2021
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Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

National Academy of Engineering in 2012 and was named one of "Top 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years" by PBS. Mr. George received his BSIE with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with high distinction from Harvard University,... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Faculty News

of Business Administration André F. Perold George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking Roy D. Shapiro Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration Richard S. Tedlow MBA Class of 1949 Professor of... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Economic Sciences Chicago Board of Options Exchange Exhibit Home The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models Robert C. Merton in the classroom, ca. 1972. Bradford F. Herzog, Photographer. Robert Cox Merton Papers, HBS Archives, View Details

1994
Other Paper

Conglomerates and LBO Associations: A Comparison of Organizational Forms

By: George P. Baker and Cynthia Montgomery

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2000
Working Paper

Contractibility and Asset Ownership: On-Board Computers and Governance in US Trucking

By: George P. Baker and Thomas Hubbard

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1998
Working Paper

CEO Incentives and Firm Size

By: Brian Hall and George P. Baker

What determines CEO incentives? A confusion exists among both academics and practitioners about how to measure the strength of CEO incentives, and how to reconcile the enormous differences in pay sensitivities between executives in large and small firms. We show that... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Motivation and Incentives; Executive Compensation; Size; Management Systems

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